In fact, it seems the more things are said to change the more they stay the same: inflation, deflation, unemployment, rendition of detainees, torture redux, Blackwater re-upped by the Pentagon despite Iraq saying no dice. Chris Bollyn, the Internet writer, living in exile for fear of his life, writes that the loot has been largely money-laundered by New York Banks to Israel over the past 10 to 20 years. Also, Bernie needs to straighten out some papers at home.